Director, screenwriter, alumnus of National Taiwan University of the Arts’ Department of Motion Pictures, collector of supernatural tales, matcha aficionado. Known for dark works of the imagination, Lu Hsin-Yen has received both national and international recognition for filmmaking and screenwriting. Though a superfan of the crime, suspense, and horror genres, he remains a romantic at heart. In his works he fuses the visual style of Ito Junji’s horror manga with the emotional authenticity of Shinkai Makoto’s anime works.